This is my attempt to write polyphonic music in four parts. I don't think it exactly follows the rules of a fugue, but I had fun pretending to be J. S. Bach. For those of you who aren't into this sort of thing, a fugue is a form of music where you start out with a single melody, and then in comes in in a different key and plays over itself and then it can come in again so you have multiple melodies all playing on top of each other.

I gave this an organ sound because Bach did a lot of fugues for organ, so I figured I'd take the fantasy to its logical comclusion. I have no clue if it would be physically possible for a human to play this on a real organ; I made no accommodations for the technicalities of playing a keyboard, I just laid notes down on a computerized staff.

The Midi organ sounds a little tinny and fast in FrontPage, more like a squirrel playing a miniature organ in the hollow tree that houses the Church of the One True Nut, rather than the huge honking organ I imagine, but I'm hoping real browsers might give a better rendition.  It should sound better if you download the Midi file and use it directly with whatever Midi stuff you might have. 

The original Melody Assistant file is available at the Myriad website First get the Myriad music plug-in and then go to the index of sample tunes to find my name in the alphabetical list. This will give you the kind of sound I intended for this piece.

 

Sound quality disclaimer:  You have downloaded the Midi score for the music you are now hearing, not an audio recording. Your computer is performing the music for you live, and if the instruments sound really cheesy, it's the fault of your web browser.

Copyright notice: This music is Copyright 2003 Peter Alway.  You may use this freely for your own amusement.  If you pass this along to others you must include authorship, copyright, and contact information. Please ask permission for public performance or use on your website.  If you use this music commercially, I demand a cut.

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